The second annual National Technology Scan conducted by Park Associates, a Dallas-based technology market research firm, have found that 29% of U.S. households (31 million homes) do not have Internet access and do not intend...

According to a leaked prototype page, Google's unlimited storage service is getting closer to release. The page claims Justin Rosenstein is the author. Justin is the product manager for Google Page Creator. The page also...

Developers say there's a dirty little secret about Longhorn that few Softies are discussing publicly: Longhorn won't be based on the .Net Framework. We're still expecting that the .Net Framework will ship with Longhorn –...

Judges yesterday attacked the business models of file-sharing companies as the case which could effectively spell out the future for many peer-to-peer programs got under way. The Supreme Court questioned attorneys for both the firms...

Pornography is good for people, the academic leading a taxpayer-funded study of the subject said yesterday, as the Coalition and Labor traded jibes about an Opposition push to stop online porn reaching home computers. Alan...

Computer chip designer Rambus Inc. could pocket up to $3 billion in royalties and raise prices for consumers of all manner of computing devices if an administrative law judge's ruling in its favor is allowed...

Over the past few years, nobody has hounded America Online more aggressively than Microsoft's MSN online service. The company has released substantial upgrades to the MSN software that made it a viable alternative to AOL...

Microsoft has sold its interest in Telewest Communications for a fraction of what the software giant poured into the U.K. phone and Internet service provider. IDT Corporation bought Microsoft's stake for $5 million, a Microsoft...

SIS AND ALI ARE desperately scrabbling to produce 800MHz "Springdale" compatible chipsets to keep up with Intel but so far haven't concluded licensing deals for the technology, a report claims today. As we reported last...

LAS VEGAS--Microsoft's latest plan to improve the way you live revolves around wristwatches and refrigerator magnets. Slicked up versions of those common objects--based on Microsoft's previously announced Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT)--were...

Well it's starting to look like we are reeping the benefits of a trouble-free server setup, the hosts Invision Power Services actually manage the server and do stuff when it doesn't do what it's supposed...

The technology behind third-generation (3G) mobile phones is just not good enough, according to the founder and director of the Media lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Universal Mobile Telecoms Service (UMTS), 3G's...

According to a report today on the march supporting the Digital Software Security Act, which would make state agencies in California use open-source software, there was a low turnout and little attention paid to the...

Microsoft Excel contains a feature that could expose sensitive corporate data once the document is distributed within a company or among trading partners. The feature allow spreadsheet creators to hide, lock and/or password-protect data...